Building the facist state

By linel24

  • By 1929, Mussolini held eight ministerial posts, excluding many fascist leaders from these key positions

  • Despite the pact made in 1923, many employers refused to make any significant concessions to workers, leading to a series of strikes

  • The battle for grain began, the italian farmers were encouraged to grow more cereals in order to reduce foreign imports.

  • Mussolini accepted responsibility for Matteotti's murder

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    Building the facist state

  • Mussolini imposed laws to control press

  • Mussolini replaced elected mayors and councils with fascist officials known as podesta

  • Legge Fascistissime law made Mussolini head of governemnt

  • Mussolini assumed new powers that allowed him to issue decrees without parliamentary approval

  • All stikes were made illegal, all non-fascist trade unions were abolished

  • Mussolini established corporations for each major economic sector

  • OVRA, the secret police force is formed

  • Fascist state grand council was made part of the state machinery of government

  • The corporations weakened the fascist syndicates, the Confederation of Fascist Syndicates was abolished

  • Mussolini changed the election system, thereby controlling the votes

  • Mussolini renounces democracy and establishes a dictatorial state

  • Bottai took over as minister of corporations

  • Mussolini holds eight ministerial posts, excluding other fascist from power

  • In 1930, Mussolini set up the NCC, which was represented by the 7 largest corporations

  • The League of Nations imposed economic sanctions on Italy following an invasion of Abyssinia

  • Mussolini abolished the Chamber of the deputies, replaced with the chamber of Fasci and Corporations